Comcast has officially launched and integrated 20 free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels into the TV guide on it's cable operator’s X1 pay TV platform. While Comcast’s X1 platform already offers major FAST apps, such as Pluto TV, Tubi, Freevee and…

TCL taps Amagi - TV Manufacturer TCL has tapped cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV provider Amagi to support its new streaming options for TCL TV users in the US. Amagi will help TCL accelerate the addition of…

Hollywood Actors are going on strike after talks with major studios and streaming services fail. New YorkCNN —  A union representing about 160,000 Hollywood actors is going on strike after talks with major studios and streaming services have failed. It is…

Live Sports Streaming is the latest content genre to join the streaming ecosystem as a primary revenue stream. Live Sports Streaming TV for teams, leagues and federations will transition to streaming models over the coming months. Live Sports services have…

Cloud TV is a technology that enables the delivery of TV content and services over the Internet without the need for traditional set-top boxes or cable connections. It allows users to access various TV channels, programs, and applications on different…

Roku integrates Shopify, allowing users to purchase goods with the click of a remote through ads on its streaming TV platform, it announced on Tuesday. Shopify has been integrated into Roku’s “Action Ads” – a format meant to drive a…

Fifa picks Sky Media - The world’s football governing body Fifa has appointed Sky Media as its exclusive sales house for its nascent streaming platform Fifa+ in the UK and Europe. Fifa, which launched Fifa+ last year, is the first…

Edgio announced its collaboration with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) to provide an integrated platform for the delivery of live and on-demand hockey games broadcasts across Canada. Edgio’s Uplynk solution for streaming video enables CHL to manage and organise live…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a major talking point in recent years, and many companies are investing heavily in developing AI solutions. The term was coined in 1956 by John McCarthy at Dartmouth College, and today, AI has moved from…

Big Streaming Wars in all of Hollywood's earth scorched streaming wars welcome one of the strangest battles. Tune into TNT or Discovery Channel and chances are you might come upon an ad for a new streaming selection on Peacock or Netflix.…

Tellyo and Atos - London, UK, 11th July 2023 -The 2023 European Games concluded last week, allowing the teams at Tellyo and Atos to finally catch their breath after successfully executing their largest joint project to date. This massive undertaking…

Netflix as we learn the pros and cons of their strategy to roll out an advertising based subscription model. As Netflix faces increased competition and revenue challenges, it has introduced a cheaper subscription plan with ads. Kateryna Novatska, head of…

Elon Musk, owner of the social network believes video can provide a new revenue stream as it seeks profitability. Twitter owner Elon Musk says the company is working on a dedicated video application for connected TV platforms. Musk, who purchased…

Sky Live is here. More than a year later than expected, Sky has finally taken the wraps off its long-awaited Sky Live accessory for Sky Glass TVs. They showcased both the hardware and software elements of the Sky Live proposition…

Tellyo Live Production SCTE, London, UK 28th June 2023. Tellyo, the leading cloud live event production platform, is proud to announce the launch of broadcast-grade ad-break SCTE-35 markers within our flagship Live Production solution. This latest Tellyo release introduces a…

Live video streaming connected TV is forecast to grow CAGR 29.30% in 2023 and reach $559.62B by 2032. The market for live video streaming is expected to grow due to an increase in demand for video-on-demand (VoD) services, as consumers…

Comcast, The Chief Executive Brian Roberts, back in 2018 got a little bit of advice from a taxi driver – buy Sky. And so he did, eventually outbidding and seemingly overpaying for the U.K. pay television provider Sky Plc, valued…

TikTok’s New Music Streaming Platform generated excitement yesterday in the music industry. TikTok officially announced the launch of its new streaming music service, TikTok Music. With access to millions of songs and unique features not available on competitors like Spotify…

The Washington Post has become one of a handful of newspaper brands to launch a FAST channel and is already benefitting from people “spending a lot of time with our journalism” as a result. FAST (free ad-supported streaming television) services have grown in…

LinkedIn to test video ads on streaming services, specifically targeting LinkedIn's 930 million subscribers. Microsoft Corp-owned (MSFT.O) LinkedIn said on Thursday it was working on a video advertising product that would allow marketers to target users of the professional networking site while…

Sports Streaming - A jewel thief, the joke goes, once asked a New Yorker where he could locate New York's most precious diamond."It's the one in the Yankees Stadium," said the New Yorker. The joke may be apocryphal, but there's no denying that sports have…

 BBC on-demand button has taken on Netflix after demanding for a new 'on-demand' button on all UK TV remotes. Manufacturers may soon be forced to add buttons for iPlayer, ITVX and Channel4 on TV controls as the broadcasting giant complained of 'fierce competition'.…

ShowHeroes CTV Innovation are a global leader in digital video content, tech, and advertising solutions. ShowHeroes CTV Innovation continues the extension of its creative services with the launch of Custom Animations for CTV.  This innovative and highly customisable format is…

CASH IS KING for Streaming TV broadcasters and content distributors looking to retain their existing business, grow their reach and keep audiences entertained. View TV Cloud was launched to allow streaming TV channels of all sizes to broadcast, distribute, monetize…

Disney is trying to figure out its streaming ad choreography this summer. Connected TV ad targeting is a tricky dance for new AVOD services like Disney+ with ads, Max’s ad offering or the Netflix ad-supported tier. Move too fast, and…

Freewheel unit on Wednesday unveiled a new effort to improve the TV ad viewing experience, announcing the launch of The Viewer Experience Lab in partnership with MediaScience. FreeWheel will utilize the new lab both to conduct research into how viewers…

AI Scheduling is a new way forward in making Connected TV and CTV more curated with little effort.

Cost per mille (CPM) is a key metric in the world of video advertising, as it measures the cost of displaying an advertisement to 1,000 people. The goal of any video advertiser is to maximize CPM by reaching the largest…

DIRECTV - This week AT&T’s CFO Pascal Desroches spoke at the Bank of America C-Suite Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Conference in London. During that talk, he opened up about how AT&T and how DIRECTV is doing. During the talk, when…

What is Streaming TV The Future of Broadcasting has arrived. View TV Cloud has delivered an amazing service delivering platforms such as Kapang What is Streaming TV? Streaming TV is a way of watching television content over the internet, without…

Magna ad spend on National TV will be down by 7.7%, local TV will drop by 22.4% and AVOD/CTV ad spend will increase by 7.2% in 2023 Magna has become the latest major media agency to reduce its 2023 ad…

What is Addressable Advertising: The Future of Television Advertising Addressable advertising is a revolutionary way of delivering targeted and personalized advertisements to TV viewers. Instead of delivering the same advertisements to everyone watching a particular program, addressable advertising uses data…

View TV Connect delivers amazing monetization for Broadcasters. It is a fantastic product to dynamically link video content owners, linear channel broadcasters and advertisers together addressably. By using the View TV Cloud to maximise revenues for content owners and broadcasters to…

Promising as the FAST distribution model may be, it is a daily fight for eyeballs, premium ad placements, and prominence on a broad range of FAST platforms. To stand out from the crowd, create scale, and ensure a stable source…

FAST Channel problems? Are you a content owner not seeing actual revenues from your content investments and spending on linear channel creation? Free Ad-funded Streaming Television (FAST) has had a high exposure as being the next Gold Rush but in…

Tellyo Live Video Production Mixing Studio and Live Video Clipping Tools get put to the test. Broadcast solutions provider Atos is partnering with Tellyo to help promote the games on digital and social media platforms Technology from Tellyo will be…

FAST Wars, the Free Ad-funded Streaming Television race to roll out broadcasters to IP-connected device platforms. Both Content Owners and Broadcasters have seen FAST to be a cost-effective approach to grow and transpose their content or channel revenues from declining…

Tellyo Player delivers live event monetization Live Event Ad-funded Monetization sdd Live Event eTicket Platform ddd Live Event Linear Television Channel

MVPD stands for Multichannel Video Programming Distributor, and vMVPD stands for Virtual Multichannel Video Programming Distributor. This article explains the concepts of MVPD and vMVPD, Skinny Bundles, and the differences between MVPD, vMVPD, and SVOD (Subscription-based Video On Demand). What…

Kapang is a platform developed to appreciate audience demands following cord-cutting trends. Kapang delivers broadcast television channels & niche audience channels across 14 genres. Although Kapang is dedicated to providing a Streaming TV Cable experience, an additional genre has recently…

FAST Channels change broadcast landscape - A report, Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV: Why More Advertisers (and Consumers) Are Going F.A.S.T., from Comcast Advertising, the advertising division of Comcast Cable, highlights the rise of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) and its value…

In less than a decade, TV has gone from a sure thing—the de facto mass reach platform—to nuanced, complicated and in flux. You’ve probably heard many hot takes around the notion that “TV is dead!” But the reality is consumers…

Free ad-funded Streaming Television, commonly known as FAST, has evolved over the past few years, with platforms such as Pluto and Redbox generating millions of dollars in ad revenues, monetising archived content, and generating much-needed cash from their video libraries.  …

FAST channels allow rights holders to effectively become broadcasters in their own right. Richard Middleton explores just how deep the effects of this emerging tech might be felt No one seems quite sure just when FAST channels first emerged, but…

At the Next TV Summit on Tuesday, AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” was the walk-on music for a panel debating the death of broadcast. A classic ’90s throwback tune was perhaps appropriate considering “1990 was the last time broadcast mattered,” quipped Next TV…

Nielsen’s latest report from The Gauge, the media measurement company’s monthly total TV and streaming snapshot, revealed that streaming usage represented 35 percent of overall television consumption in the US in August, marking another record-high share for the format and…

The NFL season hasn’t kicked off yet, but Fox Sports is about ready to do a touchdown dance about ad sales for the Super Bowl. Variety reported Wednesday that Fox has sold 95% of its ad inventory for Super Bowl LVII, scheduled…

Nothing sits still for long, and after years of experimentation, fine-tuning and increased competition - not to mention plenty of speculation and denial - the prospect of ads on subscriptionplatforms is finally looking like a reality. While most companies are…

Barclays’ Kannan Venkateshwar says as free ad-supported TV proliferates, even old content will compete with newer SVOD titles. Free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) services are all the rage as content providers and distributors look for any way to squeeze profits from…

Warning - IBC Press Release Barrage coming this week with more smoke and mirrors than a burning bathroom shop. So which Press Releases do you believe and how do you find your way through this fog of information, well we…

BroadcastCDN part of the View TV Group has launched a Cable & Satellite broadcaster transformation package to take existing and traditional broadcasters into FAST markets at scale to generate sustainable revenues. Broadcast CDN carries the service from your origin premises,…

Free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) services benefit from a lack of U.S. viewer access to free linear TV, partly because of a national amnesia about the presence of over-the-air broadcast. Tens of millions are already using FASTs, generating billions in…

1. OEM FASTs Continue To Grow In our new report, FASTs Are The New Cable, we talk a lot about the growth of the FAST services owned by the various OEMs. They have an advantage in that they are the interface…

Netflix’s move to hire a dynamic duo to oversee its global ad sales ambitions couldn’t come at a better — or worse — time. At last, media buyers are finally getting the information they need to start making plans to…

Traditional Broadcasters need and want to adopt Streaming, but how? View TV, an original streaming company with two decades of experience, has powered and experienced the success of streaming media and the transformation of audiences’ media consumption from traditional broadcast…

Senior Digital Director Daniel Lannon Led and Completed the Rebrand of the Acquired Xtreme Sports Social Media Channels to INTROUBLE to fit with Company Branding. JUNE 27, 2022 (Amsterdam, June 24th, 2022) Insight TV, the leading millennial-focused global channel operator and…

Cloudie TV makes FAST Broadcasting successful by using its end-to-end private cloud to help content owners to deliver a great return on content investments. You can check out the products at https://cloudie.tv/cloud-playout/

Broadcaster Roger Bolton has suggested the BBC is "spooked" by the decline in young audiences to traditional radio. Bolton, 76, was speaking after being dropped as host of Radio 4's Feedback after 23 years. "If you were running Radio 4, you must…

Free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) services are growing rapidly. Today, hundreds of FAST channels exist, and a recent report from VIP+ found that the average large FAST studio took home $23.2 million in ad revenue by the end of the…

View TV a managed producer of FAST and Broadcast channels has released its in-house private cloud playout and media workflow to self-service customers as the latest release of its Cloudie TV product.View TV has always believed “TV should look like…

Think for a moment: How many streaming services are you subscribed to? Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Paramount+, Apple TV … the list seemingly goes on and on with more streaming services entering the space every year.  Initially,…

Free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) is but one component of the expanding AVOD space. How audiences react to the increasing frequency of ads is another factor – one on which FAST channels have the upper hand, new LG Ads data…

As Netflix prepares to launch its highly-anticipated ad-supported tier, advertisers are likely thinking about how to tap into the streamer’s distribution reach – though it may come at a cost. According to a Wednesday report from The Wall Street Journal, Netflix could charge advertisers…

FAST continues to defy expectations. A linear viewing format that’s growing? In 2022? Yet the number of available FAST channels in the U.S. is over 1,400, with 22 major providers including Pluto TV, Tubi and Roku Channel. FAST also saw considerable…

The cord-cutting revolution is continuing to advance according to a survey from Future Today. The survey Future Today surveyed over 300 families regarding their linear TV and streaming habits. The resulting report is filled with interesting information, but it all…

New Report reveals that F.A.S.T. penetration has doubled since last year, as consumers turn to FAST channels for a lean-back, TV-like experience. Report recommends F.A.S.T. advertising as a complement to traditional TV and streaming advertising. Comcast Advertising released a new report entitled “Free…

FAST Playout Solutions are a minefield for broadcasters and content owners alike. So what are the main features required to make your channel stand out above the rest and make it easy to create and monetize your FAST Channel creation?…

Peak TV programming, or the overabundance of original shows, films, and series that have landed on broadcast, cable, and streaming outlets in the past decade, may be on its way out, or at least slowing down. Companies are slashing budgets…

Walt Disney edged past Netflix with a total of 221 million streaming subscribers at the end of the most recent quarter and announced it will launch a Disney+ option with advertising this December. In the just-ended quarter, Disney+ added 14.4 million Disney+ customers, beating…

It’s a new era in Nielsen’s history. Shareholders have approved an acquisition of the TV measurement company by a private equity consortium made up of Evergreen Coast Capital Corp., an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management L.P., and Brookfield Business Partners L.P. The all-cash deal was…

As consumers tighten their belts, ad funded models are becoming a more enticing prospect for streamers. Netflix’s announcement in April that it has hit an apparent subscriber wall sent out shockwaves, prompting many to question how attractive and profitable the…

The free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) sector has surged over recent months and a new report from LG Ads Solutions has shown that this increase shows not only shows no sign of stopping but also will present advertisers with a…

Sports are a key genre on FAST, accounting for 117 distinct channels as of July 2022.   Yet while sports channels are numerous — as they are on cable — the reality of FAST is very different. Many major sports…

PZAZ TV - The unique OTT TV Platform, that delivers on-demand content and linear FAST channels across Europe and the rest of the world. PZAZ TV has thousands of movies and TV series available free to view via ad-funding powered…